Charles Lindbergh
(Born February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan - Died of Cancer on August 16, 1974 in Maui, Hawaii) Charles Lindbergh completed the first Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris, France.
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator (pilot) and he helped pave the way for modern flying. He is remembered for the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, France, which took him 33 1/2 hours. Now, it takes about 8 hours to fly from New York to Paris, France. When Charles was a little boy his father bought him a toy plane and he wanted to fly. After attending the University Of Wisconsin he enrolled in flying school located in Lincoln, Nebraska. If he had not enrolled in Flying School, he wouldn't have flown from New York to Paris. After flying, he was an airmail pilot and he won a prize of 25,000 from several St. Louis buisnessmen. If he wouldn't have won that prize, he couldn't have afforded a plane. Therefore, without the buisnessmen, Charles Lindbergh couldn't complete the flight. Before his famous transatlantic flight, Lindbergh tested out his new plane flying from San Diego, California to New York with a stop in St. Louis to thank the businessmen for his opportunity. That test flight was called "The Spirit Of St. Louis" and he was surrounded by an overabundance of reporters. If he didn't take the test flight, the engines might have failed because
they would have not been broken in. After his historic flight Charles Lindbergh visited Mexico where he met Anne Morrow (daughter of U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow). Anne Morrow was Charles' navigator, without her he probably would have failed with some of his flights because it is hard to multi-task when flying. Therefore people might have forgot his transatlantic flight because he might have made a mistake.